Student and Graduate Mobility in Armenia

Based on exploratory research with students and graduates conducted in Armenia and its diaspora during summer 2018, Cairns and Sargsyan provide insight into some of the challenges involved in moving abroad, focusing on three different destinations: Russia, the United States and the European Union. Additionally, Student and Graduate Mobility in Armenia considers issues that have an impact on life chances for highly qualified young people who wish to remain in Armenia, including perceptions of corruption in the local labour market and hopes for the future following the Velvet Revolution of spring 2018. This research will be of interest to students and scholars of mobility, youth, employment and education. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

 1. Armenia in Context.- 2. Reflexive Mobility.- 3. Spatial Pathways to Work.- 4. Working Inside and Outside Armenia.- 5. Mobility in Transition. - 6. Postscript.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

David Cairns is Principal Researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, ISCTE-University of Lisbon, Portugal. 
Marine Sargsyan is Visiting Research Fellow at the Davis Center, Harvard University, USA, and a PhD Candidate at Roma Tre University, Italy.

Zusammenfassung

Based on exploratory research with students and graduates conducted in Armenia and its diaspora during summer 2018, Cairns and Sargsyan provide insight into some of the challenges involved in moving abroad, focusing on three different destinations: Russia, the United States and the European Union. Additionally, Student and Graduate Mobility in Armenia considers issues that have an impact on life chances for highly qualified young people who wish to remain in Armenia, including perceptions of corruption in the local labour market and hopes for the future following the Velvet Revolution of spring 2018. This research will be of interest to students and scholars of mobility, youth, employment and education. 

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Cairns, Marine Sargsyan
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 08.07.2019
• EAN: 9783030196127
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3019612-7
• Seiten: 88
• Abmessung: 153 mm x 218 mm x 12 mm
• Gewicht: 225 g
• Illustration: VII, 88 p.
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Sonstiges; Migration, C, Sociology of Education, Education, Sociology, Russia, Political Science, Family, Social groups, biotechnology, Social Sciences, Politics & government, Migration, immigration & emigration, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Social research & statistics, Educational sociology, Emigration and immigration, Education and sociology, Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, Russia—Politics and government